All My Loving is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 in the United Kingdom on 7 February 1964 by Parlophone

Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...

 (catalogue number GEP8891). It is the Beatles fourth British EP, features four tracks from their albums Please Please Me

Please Please Me

Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do" .Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney...

and With The Beatles

With the Beatles

With The Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock group The Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963 on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut Please Please Me...

and was released only in mono

Monaural

Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...

. It was also released in Sweden, Australia and New Zealand.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted.

1. "All My Loving
   All My Loving
   "All My Loving" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney , from the 1963 album With The Beatles. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP...
   
   " – 2:10
   • Originally released as track three (side one) on the album With the Beatles.
2. "Ask Me Why
   Ask Me Why
   "Ask Me Why" is a song by The Beatles originally released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of their hit single "Please Please Me". It was also included on their first UK album, Please Please Me.-Composition:...
   
   " – 2:28
   • Originally released on 11 January 1963, as the B-side
     A-side and B-side
     A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
     
      to "Please Please Me
     Please Please Me (song)
     "Please Please Me" is a song and the second single released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom, and the first to be issued in the United States. It was also the title track of their first LP, which was recorded to capitalise on the success of the single...
     
     ", and later released as track six (side one) on the album Please Please Me.
3. "Money (That's What I Want)
   Money (That's What I Want)
   "Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....
   
   " (Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford
   Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...
   
   , Berry Gordy
   Berry Gordy
   Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...
   
   ) – 2:52
   • Originally released as the closing track (side 2, track 7) on the album With the Beatles.
4. "P.S. I Love You
   P.S. I Love You (The Beatles song)
   "P.S. I Love You" is a song composed principally by Paul McCartney and recorded by The Beatles. It was released on 5 October 1962 as the B-side of their debut single "Love Me Do" and is also included on their 1963 album Please Please Me...
   
   " – 2:02
   • Originally released on 5 October 1962, as the B-side to "Love Me Do
     Love Me Do
     "Love Me Do" is The Beatles' first single, backed by "P.S. I Love You" and released on 5 October 1962. When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom, it peaked at number seventeen; in 1982 it was re-issued and reached number four...
     
     ", and later released as track two (side two) on the album Please Please Me.

UK EP sales chart performance

• Entry Date : 8th February 1964
• Highest Position : 1 (for 8 weeks)
• Weeks in Chart : 44 Weeks

External links

• The Beatles - All My Loving at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.